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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Do you hear what I hear?

In keeping with my ever increasing Christmas spirit I think my blog post titles should reference some of my favorite Christmas songs & carols. It's gonna be my new thing (well until I run out of applicable references or until the holiday season is over).

I woke up this morning way too early thanks to my neighbors and their early morning airport run (I only know that because they were that loud at 5 am). It's hard to find energy to smile when you're sleep deprived so this is my "I really shouldn't be up this early" look...

Eventually (around 7am) I got up because it was too beautiful a day to spend "awake" hours in bed. And while I waited for my "I'm not a morning person" daughter to wake up I had my "choosy mom" breakfast...

The "Diana Ross" twins eventually emerged...

(Kai and Sarai)

The "twins" hung out for a bit and then I took them to the movies to see Annie. Then Kai and I ventured into the war zone that is the local mall to return an item I purchased yesterday and try and finish Christmas shopping. We didn't finish, but the only person who has gift items pending is Kai and I know exactly what to get her at Runner's Depot (so I will be able to check that off my list tomorrow... hopefully).

I was going to start packing tonight but when I visualized the current state of affairs I knew packing would take a few hours...

Today I also spent some time mapping out my run for tomorrow morning. I've done a 10+ mile route around my neighborhood several times in the past, but it has been quite a few months so I wanted to refresh my memory. I drove a portion of the route today to determine the mileage distance of my "loop". And tomorrow, if all goes according to plan, I will be able to start out early and get my run completed before it gets too hot.